Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 142 Duel
Inside the Great Hall, Harry and Cedric began to run quickly—they were suddenly grateful for the morning classes, which made them much more agile.

"Whoosh-"

Just as the blue light representing petrification was about to reach them, Cedric and Harry suddenly took a step forward—a blue light shone from their toes, and they shot forward!

The two figures suddenly leaped forward a meter.

Harry rolled to the ground—using this movement to land quickly, and without hesitation raised his wand and shouted at the three-person formation:
"Collapse!"

"Except your weapons!"

Cedric, on the other side, wasn't as disheveled as Harry. Despite being in mid-air, his wand was precisely aimed at the formation's location—at this moment, in the eyes of the other three, he looked exactly like a carbon copy of Levi.

The two's swift movements caught the six off guard. The next moment, the white light representing the Sleeping Curse and the red light representing the Exorcist weapon worked simultaneously!

"how come--"

One Slytherin student collapsed, while another's wand was tossed high into the air.

"Stand stiff and stop dead!"

"All petrified!"

Fred and George frantically tried to fight back, but against Cedric and Harry, who possessed the ability to use Instant Step and had extremely high mobility, their counterattacks were futile, merely striking the ground and emitting only scattered flashes of light.

Harry and Cedric attacked relentlessly, eliminating all the remaining enemies.

"Still can't do it?"

"Alright—aren't we impressive enough to have done this much?"

Before being struck by the Sleeping Curse, the Geminis comforted each other's teammates and fell to the ground with smiles on their faces.

Harry and Cedric stood in the center of the field, their foreheads covered in fine beads of sweat, breathing heavily.

Using "Instant Step" repeatedly is quite a burden for them, and dodging spells directly also makes them nervous.

But at this moment, their eyes were unusually bright, filled with the excitement of surpassing themselves.

But it wasn't over yet. The two looked at each other and saw a strange meaning in each other's eyes.

Cedric spoke first:
"Harry, actually, of all people, the person I least want to lose to is you."

Harry was quite surprised to hear this; he hadn't expected Cedric to think the same way he did.
Touched by the other person's frankness, Harry straightened up and said earnestly:

"Me too, Cedric."

“From the moment we started training together with the professor, I knew you were a rival that I could barely catch up to even if I gave it my all. I’m so glad to have someone like you as a goal.”

Cedric laughed too.

"I'm just as grateful for that—you always manage to bring out a better version of me."

Every time I see you practicing so hard, I tell myself that I must not slack off.

"That's because you've always done so well."

Harry's tone held no jealousy, only the seriousness of someone facing a formidable opponent: "You always understand the professor's thoughts before I do, and your spellcasting is more consistent than mine."

"But we each have our strengths, don't we?"

Cedric tilted his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over the chaotic battlefield before finally settling on Harry.

“When I was in second grade, I definitely couldn’t have done as well as you do now.”

Harry was a little embarrassed, but his eyes shone even brighter.

A brief silence flowed between the two.

Then, Cedric raised his wand first, placing his hands on his chest.

Harry instantly understood what he meant and laughed again.

The two walked tacitly to the center of the hall, saluted each other, and then turned and walked away.

Professor McGonagall, who had been monitoring everything with the Disillusionment Charm, watched this scene and couldn't help but smile like a loving mother—no matter what, this day of freedom had allowed her to see such a sight, so it was all worthwhile. At this moment, all the unhappiness she felt about the day of freedom vanished, and she instead sincerely admired Levi and Dumbledore's ideas.

It's a bit of a shame that they weren't there to witness such a spectacular scene.
Three—Two—One
As the countdown ended in their minds, Cedric and Harry turned around at the same time and waved their wands almost simultaneously!

"Except your weapons!"

"There are many obstacles!"

Faced with the bizarrely powerful Disarming Charm in Harry's hand, Cedric quickly waved his wand, easily creating a stone spike to block the incoming attack.

"Except your weapons!"

Cedric waved his wand without looking at the result—he knew Harry would definitely dodge it with Instant Step.

But to his surprise, because of the distance, Harry simply rolled away to avoid the attack.

"Except your weapons!"

Faced with the same spell, Cedric pursed his lips and pointed his wand at the stone spike that Harry had previously broken.

"A barrage of bullets."

The scattered pebbles were activated by magic, swarming towards Harry like a bee, blocking his spell and forcing him to close his eyes.

"Earth subsidence restraint!"

The ground beneath Harry's feet softened instantly, wrapping around his ankles like quicksand.

"Confinement quickly!"

A rope shot out from the tip of Cedric's wand and wrapped around Harry's arm as he held the wand.

With just three spells, the situation changed instantly.

In the blink of an eye, Harry's hands and feet were simultaneously restrained by Cedric.

"You can't handle every situation by relying on just one spell, Harry."

Remember what Senior Joey taught us? A single spell can't handle complex situations.

Ha pulled hard on both hands—but couldn't break free.

Is this the end?

He thought to himself with some resentment.

I really don't want to lose. I can lose to anyone, but not Cedric. Harry doesn't want to lose.
At that moment, Harry suddenly remembered the time in the Chamber of Secrets.

Professor Li Wei easily subdued the basilisk with a single incantation, and he defeated the giant serpent with his sword.

A sword? If he had a sword right now.
"Let's finish it."

Cedric raised his wand, aiming it at Harry, about to knock him unconscious, but suddenly saw Harry jerk up his head.

"Quick cut!"

His hand holding the wand did not move, but at that moment the ropes binding his arms were severed by an invisible blade!
"What--?!"

This already counts as casting spells without a staff, right?

Cedric was momentarily stunned, then hastily cast the spell—"Expelliarmus!"

But a flash of blue light appeared beneath Harry's feet, and he was already rapidly closing in on Cedric.

What is he going to do?

Cedric paused for a moment, then prepared to use Obstacles.

But at that moment, the ground beneath Harry's feet suddenly trembled violently, and a stone sword materialized in his hand!
Ok? ? ?
While Cedric was still in shock, Harry raised the stone sword and slammed it down on him.

(End of this chapter)